2015 DETROIT LIONS MEDIA GUIDE

1998
Record: 5-11, 4th NFC Central
9/6 L 19-38 at Green Bay 60,102
9/13 L 28-34 (ot) Cincinnati 66,354
9/20 L 6-29 at Minnesota 63,107
9/28 W 27-6 Tampa Bay 74,724*
10/4 L 27-31 at Chicago 55,562
10/15 W 27-20 Green Bay 77,932*
10/25 L 13-34 Minnesota 77,885*
11/1 L 15-17 Arizona 66,087
11/8 L 9-10 at Philadelphia 66,785
11/15 W 26-3 Chicago 63,152
11/22 W 28-25 at Tampa Bay 64,265
11/26 W 19-16ot Pittsburgh 78,139*
12/6 L 22-37 at Jacksonville 70,717
12/14 L 13-35 at San Francisco 68,585
12/20 L 17-24 Atlanta 67,143
12/27 L 10-19 at Baltimore 68,045
*Silverdome sellout
Pro Bowl Selections: RB Barry Sanders
Usual Starters
Offense
XR 87 Johnnie Morton
LT 72 Ray Roberts
LG 77 Mike Compton
C 60 Jim Pyne
RG 64 Jeff Hartings
RT 71 Larry Tharpe; 75 Tony Ramirez
TE 89 Walter Rasby
YR 84 Herman Moore
QB 10 Charlie Batch
FB 44 Tommy Vardell
RB 20 Barry Sanders
Team Statistics Det Opp
Total First Downs 279 308
Rushing 94 113
Passing 160 167
Penalty 25 28
3rd Down: Made/Att 72/211 89/217
3rd Down Pct. 34.0 41.0
4th Down: Made/Att 10/20 5/7
4th Down Pct. 50.0 71.0
Possession Avg. 29:31 30:47
Total Net Yards 5085 5117
Avg. Per Game 317.8 319.8
Total Plays 975 1004
Avg. Per Play 5.2 5.1
Net Yards Rushing 1955 2102
Avg. Per Game 122.2 131.4
Total Rushes 441 487
Net Yards Passing 3130 3015
Avg. Per Game 195.6 188.4
Sacked/Yards Lost 45/268 43/261
Gross Yards 3398 3276
Att./Completions 489/274 474/284
Completion Pct. 56.0 59.9
Had Intercepted 13 12
Punts/Average 82/42.8 81/42.7
Net Punting Avg. 35.5 36.9
Penalties/Yards 121/1019 98/781
Fumbles/Ball Lost 17/12 27/9
Touchdowns 32 43
Rushing 12 15
Passing 17 23
Returns 3 5
Defense
LE 91 Robert Porcher
NT 90 Dan Owens
UT 94 Luther Elliss
RE 93 Kerwin Waldroup
SLB 53 Rob Fredrickson
MLB 57 Stephen Boyd
WLB 55 Allen Aldridge
CB 32 Bryant Westbrook
CB 23 Terry Fair (10); 24 Kevin Abrams (6)
FS 27 Mark Carrier
SS 28 Ron Rice
Points Scored Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts
Lions 57 88 72 86 3 306
Opponents 64 114 74 120 6 378
Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG S Pts
Hanson 0 0 0 0 27/29 29/33 0 114
Vardell 7 6 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 42
Moore 5 0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 30
Sanders 4 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 24
Crowell 3 0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 18
Fair 2 0 0 2 0/0 0/0 0 12
Morton 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Chryplewicz 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12
Batch 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Westbrook 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6
Rivers 1 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Rasby 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Sloan 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Boyd, T 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Schlesinger 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Lions 32 12 17 3 27/29 29/33 0 306
Opponents 43 15 23 5 41/41 25/30 1 378
2-Pt. Conversions: None TEAM 0-3, Opp 1-1
Rushing Att Yds Avg Lg TD
Sanders 343 1,491 4.3 73t 4
Batch 41 229 5.6 17 1
Rivers 19 102 5.4 36t 1
Vardell 18 37 2.1 17 6
Crowell 1 35 35.0 35 0
Mitchell 7 30 4.3 17 0
Schlesinger 5 17 3.4 5 0
Morton 1 11 11.0 11 0
Reich 6 3 0.5 5 0
Lions 441 1,955 4.4 73t 12
Opponents 487 2,102 4.3 57t 15
Receiving Rec Yds Avg Lg TD
Moore 82 983 12.0 36 5
Morton 69 1,028 14.9 98t 2
Sanders 37 289 7.8 44 0
Crowell 25 464 18.6 68t 3
Rasby 15 119 7.9 17 1
Vardell 14 143 10.2 31 1
Sloan 11 146 13.3 33 1
Stablein 7 80 11.4 15 0
Boyd, T. 4 52 13.0 19 1
Chryplewicz 4 20 5.0 8 2
Rivers 3 58 19.3 38 0
Schlesinger 3 16 5.3 8t 1
Lions 274 3,398 12.4 98t 17
Opponents 284 3,276 11.5 84t 23
Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Avg TD TD% Int Int% Lg Sk/Y Rtg
Batch 303 173 2,178 57.1 7.19 11 3.6 6 2.0 98t 37/222 83.3
Reich 110 63 768 57.3 6.98 5 4.5 4 3.6 41 4/18 78.9
Mitchell 75 38 452 50.7 6.03 1 1.3 3 4.0 44 4/28 57.1
Jett 1 0 0 0.0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0/0 39.6
Lions 489 274 3,398 56.0 6.95 17 3.5 13 2.7 98t 45/ 268 78.1
Opponents 474 284 3,276 59.9 6.91 23 4.9 12 2.5 84t 43/ 261 86.7
Interceptions Int Yds Avg Lg TD
Westbrook 3 49 16.3 34t 1
Carrier 3 33 11.0 33 0
Rice 3 25 8.3 25 0
Jamison 1- 21; Jordan 1-4; Fredrickson 1- 0;
Lions 12 132 11.0 34t 1
Opponents 13 198 15.2 79t 2
Punting Pnt Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B
Jett 66 2892 43.8 - 6 17 60 0
Kidd 13 520 40.0 - 0 1 54 0
Hanson 3 94 31.3 - 0 1 36 0
Lions 82 3506 42.8 35.5 6 19 60 0
Opponents 81 3460 42.7 36.9 13 26 67 0
Punt Returns PR FC Yds Avg Lg TD
Fair 30 15 189 6.3 29 0
Boyd, T 4 0 11 2.8 3 0
Abrams 2 1 12 6.0 16 0
Stablein 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
Lions 36 19 212 5.9 23 0
Opponents 47 20 471 10.0 65t 1
Kickoff Returns KR Yds Avg Lg TD
Fair 51 1428 28.0 105t 2
Boyd, T. 8 163 20.4 26 0
McPhail 6 71 11.8 20 0
Rivers 2 15 7.5 9 0
Vardell 1 23 23.0 23 0
Lions 68 1700 25.0 105t 2
Opponents 49 1196 24.4 100t 1
Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+
Hanson 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3
Lions 0/0 8/8 7/7 13/15 1/3
Opponents 0/0 6/6 11/12 7/9 1/3
Hanson: (47G,43G)()(37G,49G)(27G,25G)(28G,53N,43G) (25G,36G) (47G,48G)(28G,47G,44G)
(41G,48G,35G,58N) (24G,25G) (45G,51G,43N,35G,42G)(47N,34G,24G,45G) (30G) (39G)—29/33,
87.9%
Opponents: (32G) (35N,48N) (27G,28G,42G,29G,34G) (43G,47G) (23G) (28G,40G) (35G,44G)
(52B,53G) (39G) (31G,43N) (33G) (30G,38G,53N,25G) (44G,43G,30G) (34G) (30G)—25/30 , 83.3%
Defense TT ST AT Sk Yds PD FF FR STT
Boyd, S 112 75 37 4 23 6 1 3 0
Rice 92 57 35 3.5 14.5 8 1 0 4
Fredrickson 86 56 30 2.5 9 5 0 0 0
Westbrook 74 59 15 0 0 21 0 0 0
Aldridge 69 47 22 3 12 1 1 1 4
Porcher 62 41 21 11.5 85.5 4 1 0 0
Fair 57 39 18 1 1 3 0 0 1
Carrier 55 43 12 0 0 8 2 0 0
Abrams 51 41 10 3 23 8 2 1 6
Elliss 50 38 12 3 24 2 0 1 0
Jordan 39 25 14 0 0 2 0 0 12
Waldroup 39 21 18 1.5 12.5 2 1 1 0
Scroggins 27 24 3 6.5 38 0 0 0 0
Owens 27 15 12 2.5 12.5 1 0 0 0
Jeffries 26 23 3 0 0 2 0 1 1
Bailey 17 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 7
Holland 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spindler 9 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stewart 6 TT, 5 ST, 1 FF, 9 ST; Kowalkowski 4 TT, 3 ST, 1 FR, 8 STT; Chalenski 4 TT, 2 ST, 1 PD; Taylor, H 2
TT, 2 ST; Jamison 2 TT, 1 ST, 2 PD; Sasa 2 TT, 0 ST; Campbell 1 TT, 1 ST, 11 STT;
Special Teams: Schlesinger 10; O’Neill 10; Rivers 6; Hanson 3; Supernaw 3; Thomas, M 2; Chryplewicz 1;
Jett 1; Boyd, T 1; McPhail 1
Team 1 6
Lions 924 643 281 43 261 78 10 9 101
Opponents 836 638 198 45 268 93 9 9 —
NFL Standings
NFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Minnesota 15 1 0 .938 556 296
Green Bay 11 5 0 .688 408 319
Tampa Bay 8 8 0 .500 314 295
DETROIT 5 11 0 .313 306 378
Chicago 4 12 0 .250 276 368
NFC East
Dallas 10 6 0 .625 381 275
Arizona 9 7 0 .563 325 378
NY Giants 8 8 0 .500 287 309
Washington 6 10 0 .375 319 421
Philadelphia 3 13 0 .188 161 344
NFC West
Atlanta 14 2 0 .875 442 289
San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 479 328
New Orleans 6 10 0 .375 305 359
Carolina 4 12 0 .250 336 413
St. Louis 4 12 0 .250 285 378
AFC Central W L T Pct Pts OP
Jacksonville 11 5 0 .688 392 338
Tenessee 8 8 0 .500 330 320
Pittsburgh 7 9 0 .438 263 303
Baltimore 6 10 0 .375 269 335
Cincinnati 3 13 0 .188 268 452
AFC East
NY Jets 12 4 0 .750 416 266
Miami 10 6 0 .625 321 265
Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 400 333
New England 9 7 0 .563 337 329
Indianapolis 3 13 0 .188 310 444
AFC West
Denver 14 2 0 .875 501 309
Oakland 8 8 0 .500 288 356
Seattle 8 8 0 .500 372 310
Kansas City 7 9 0 .438 327 363
San Diego 5 11 0 .313 241 342
Arz defeated Dal, 20-7, and SF defeated GB, 30-27, in NFC wild card. Atl defeated SF, 20-18, and Min
defeated Arz, 41-21, in NFC playoffs. Atl defeated Min, 30-27 (OT), for NFC title. Mia defeated Buf, 24-17,
and Jax defeated NE, 25-10, in AFC wild card. Den defeated Mia, 38-3, and NYJ defeated Jax, 34-24, in AFC
playoffs. Den defeated NYJ, 23-10, for AFC title. Den defeated Atl, 34-19, in SB XXXIII.
IN 1998: President Bill Clinton becomes the second U. S. President to be impeached by the House
of Representatives.
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